Two men near‑victim judge hostage in Malvern
Two Hot Spring County figures said they expected Chancellor Mel Carden to be killed during a 90 minute hostage crisis. Cir cuit Clerk Ralph Parrish wrestled gun from Harry Lang 79 after Lang threatened the judge in the courthouse records vault. Lang, injured during the takedown, faced possible charges after psychiatric review, and was to be held in Little Rock.
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Malvern, Ark
Mel Carden
Carden
Ralph Parrish
Harry Lang
Parrish
Vice
Lang
Atty
Ed Scrimshire
Hot
State Hospital
Little Rock
Watergate figure due in court
E Howard Hunt Jr is released from prison to face a $2 million civil suit tied to the Watergate burglary. Co defendants include John N Mitchell Maurice Stans Jeb Magruder Hugh Sloan Porter and Gordon Liddy while the Committee for the Re election of the President faces related actions. The Miami plaintiffs claim they were duped into the break in believing they worked for a national security agency.
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Washington (Ap
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Hunt
Richard Nixon
John N. Mitchell
Maurice Stans
Jeb Magruder
Hugh W. Sloan Jr
Herbert L. Porter
G. Gordon Liddy
William Snyder
Snyder
Eglin Afb
Florida
Washington
Parole Board
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio Martinez
Virgilio Gonzalez
Frank Sturgis
Democratic Party
Watergate
Miami
National Security Intelligence Agency
CIA
White House
Daniel Schultz
Strip raid nets 2 lounge owners and 19 others
About 530 peace officers swept the Bossier Strip in Shreveport Louisiana arresting two lounge owners and 19 others as 88 sealed indictments had been issued. The owners face felony liquor license application charges and misdemeanors while others face offenses including lewd dancing drinking and running a dis orderly house. Johnny DeFrancis was among the lounge owners arrested for perjury.
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Shreveport
Bossier Strip
Webster-Bossier
Henry Brown
Johnny DeFrancis
DeFrancis
Bossier
OBU President to Speak at First Baptist Church Sunday
Dr Daniel R Grant president of Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia will speak at the morning worship February 20 designated Christian Higher Education Day He is a longtime educator author and Baptist leader born in Little Rock and son of former Ouachita president J R Grant His talk will focus on Christian Education and he will share his long record of public and religious service.
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First Baptist Church
Daniel R. Grant
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia
Dr. Grant
Little Rock
J.R. Grant
Ouachita
Grant
Vanderbilt University
Southern Baptist Convention
Baptist World Alliance Commission On Religious Liberty and Human Rights
Arkansas’ Baptist News
Betty Jo Oliver
Wilmot
Arkansas
Carter Cuba swap aims at restraint and rights
President Carter conditions warmer U.S. ties with Havana on Cuba restraining its foreign influence and improving human rights at home while Cuba seeks the lifting of the U.S. embargo in exchange for extending the antihijack pact beyond April. Officials note unclear signals on troop withdrawals from Angola and ongoing embargo tensions with Cuba.
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Washington
Carter
Cuba
U.S
Havana
United States
White House
Angola
State Department
Agriculture Department
Balloonist Aims for Montgomery Flight Record
Balloonist Karl Thomas, now in Forrest City Arkansas after a 350 mile flight from Howard Kansas, hopes to reach Montgomery Alabama tonight to set a record crossing the continent by balloon. He departed Arcadia California on February 1 and would be one day from Florida if he lands tonight.
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Forrest City
Ark
Karl Thomas
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas
Arcadia
Calif
Howard
Kan
Florida
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Hope
OBU
Latin America
United Nations
Puerto Rico
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D-N.y
Fidel Castro
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